The highs and lows of an ER shift

[indyjohn]

doctors and firemen get the hugs and kisses. Police get the finger and assasinated (by some, there are plenty that are thankful too). We have a skewed way of appreciating things in this country.

QFT. SMH.

 

[hoosierdoc]

doctors and firemen get the hugs and kisses. Police get the finger and assasinated (by some, there are plenty that are thankful too). We have a skewed way of appreciating things in this country.

to be fair, plenty of docs have been shot in the line of work. Nowhere near the number of police, but it's not all scrotal hugs. I get called bad names and yelled at weekly. but, it's a fun job and those bad episodes are fortunately the outliers.

Doctor shot in front of patients during armed robbery in...

Doctor killed at Boston hospital; shooter dead - CNN.com

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Dr. Elbert Goodier shot dead while treating patient: JPSO | NOLA.com

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[Bennettjh]

Doc, I appreciate your work and all you do for people, but I certainly don't envy you.

 

[Bigtanker]

Ok. The title of this thread is "The highs and lows....." We've heard the lows. How about some of the highs?

 

[Sylvain]

Ok. The title of this thread is "The highs and lows....." We've heard the lows. How about some of the highs?

I think we heard about both.
The high was that he got a hug, the low was that the lady touched him right after touching her husband's genitals.

 

[1911ly]

I'll bet every night is a new adventure....
I'm curious, my Wife works in the Nursing Home-Assisted Living field. Some of the Residents get screwy with the full moon.....Does that make any difference in the ER???

My wife was a RN at the local hospital. Said said full moons and Notre Dame home games were always nuts or at least really interesting.

A buddy of mine's dad was a quadriplegic. He passed away several years back, but he said he could tell a full moon by the way he hurt. Said he could not explain it. But he could feel it.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I think we heard about both.
The high was that he got a hug, the low was that the lady touched him right after touching her husband's genitals.

Yep, nailed it

the highs are many. The notables are usually cardiac arrests that we get back, especially when you use something most people don't, like dual sequential defibrillation (two sets of shock machines) and they do great after being dead when they showed up.

another notable was seeing a lady who thought she was losing her mind. Tremors, agitation, can't sleep. Heart rate of 170. Turned out she was extremely hyperthyroid. An hour after we started meds she felt much more normal and was crying because she felt so much better.

it really is a great career. I get about 10 seconds to establish rapport with people and earn their trust before we get into why they are there. I use humor and smiles.

 

[femurphy77]

Ok. The title of this thread is "The highs and lows....." We've heard the lows. How about some of the highs?

Yeah! Where's all the "Hot, Horny Nurse" stories????

 

[HoughMade]

Yeah! Where's all the "Hot, Horny Nurse" stories????

You left out "crazy".....and they all date or are married to cops.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Yeah! Where's all the "Hot, Horny Nurse" stories????

oh, Those exist too. Best left for camp fire stories though

You left out "crazy".....and they all date or are married to cops.

or firemen

 

[halfmileharry]

You left out "crazy".....and they all date or are married to cops.

OR divorced from cops or firemen. OR... at least present themselves as divorced.

 

[sgreen3]

I'm so glad I'm down in the Micro dpt in the lab, if I touch something nasty without gloves, its my own fault

 

[Leo]

I grew up with a man who is a male nurse in an inner city ER. He is also a seriously accomplished in martial arts. He works only Friday and Saturday nights and makes a weeks pay. He says it is a rare night that he does not have to dominate someone, mostly drug related. I have been in the ER several with heart problems and have heard a lot of vulgar shouting and commotion going on in other rooms, so I am sure it goes on most places. Thanks for the good work doc.

 

[Bill of Rights]

And of course you're a quack because you don't rx that med that begins with a d... di- dil- dil something...

to be fair, plenty of docs have been shot in the line of work. Nowhere near the number of police, but it's not all scrotal hugs. I get called bad names and yelled at weekly. but, it's a fun job and those bad episodes are fortunately the outliers.

Doctor shot in front of patients during armed robbery in...

Doctor killed at Boston hospital; shooter dead - CNN.com

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1504729/gunman-opens-fire-in-berlin-hospital-and-kill-doctor/

Dr. Elbert Goodier shot dead while treating patient: JPSO | NOLA.com

10 Chilling Times When Patients Killed Their Doctors - Listverse

 

[SMiller]

I grew up with a man who is a male nurse in an inner city ER. He is also a seriously accomplished in martial arts. He works only Friday and Saturday nights and makes a weeks pay. He says it is a rare night that he does not have to dominate someone, mostly drug related. I have been in the ER several with heart problems and have heard a lot of vulgar shouting and commotion going on in other rooms, so I am sure it goes on most places. Thanks for the good work doc.

I would not go hands on in the ER, security is right there and they love to put hands on people, let them worry about complaints or getting hit. On the way to the hospital can be a different story, pressure points leave no bruising and can gain compliance quickly to avoid further issues.